News for Youse: More fireworks downtown, LGBT kiss-in, trans march, and salads linked to illness

Thailand's fireworks show  Tonight, the Honda Celebration of Light continues with Thailand setting off its fireworks in English Bay.

Worker triumphs against teaching branch  Beverly Maxwell has won a B.C. Supreme Court judgment worth more than $300,000 after she was wrongfully terminated from the B.C. College of Teachers. It was dissolved when the Teacher Regulation Branch was created.

Cyclist ticketed for parking  Vancouver cyclist Molly Millar has told the CBC that she received a notice on her bike that she had exceeded a 15-minute time limit at a rack on Granville Street. It didn't include a sign warning of this.

LGBT activists kiss outside consulate  Gays and lesbians held a smooch-in outside the Russian consulate in Vancouver to show their opposition to legislated homophobia imposed by the Vladimir Putin government.

Trans activists march  The trans and genderqueer community held its annual Pride Week demonstration last evening, starting at Clark Park and ending at Victoria Park. Today, the Vancouver Dyke March takes place on Commercial Drive.

Zimbabwe election disputed  Opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has claimed that President Robert Mugabe's Zanu-PF party cheated to win the recent parliamentary elections.

Salads linked to illness  According to a CNN report, a rare parasite has been found in people who ate a salad mix in Red Lobster and Olive Garden restaurants in Nebraska and Iowa.

Prince George and millenials  Writer Steve Kraus has written an article saying the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's choice of their son's name indicates four things about the millennials: luxury is personal, luxury is elegantly simple, luxury is a knowing nod to heritage, and luxury is eclectic. To find out why, go here.

Simon Cowell and the love child  TMZ has reported that producer and TV celebrity Simon Cowell is in the midst of an alleged love-child scandal involving a woman who's married to a friend.